In late November, the Trump administration took its firmest action yet to counteract ongoing banking discrimination against businesses that serve America’s gun owners. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, a significant banking regulator, issued a proposed rule to prohibit politically-motivated service denials and to ensure large, nationwide banks would have to make offered
Month: December 2020
November 2020 saw, among other things, another new firearm background checks record. This, after this record, this record, and this record. The FBI NICS office conducted 3,626,335 total background checks last month. November is always a busy month with elections, Black Friday, and holiday deals to be had. Even the year-to-date streak of record numbers
Barack Obama is still upset about just how bitterly so many Americans cling to their guns. During an interview with Oprah Winfrey that aired November 17, the former president expressed his anger with the fact that gun owners successfully organized to defeat his radical gun control agenda in early 2013. When asked by Winfrey about
If you thought endless COVID-19 orders and lockdowns were enough to satisfy the United Kingdom government’s totalitarian impulse, think again. Even as millions of Brits are losing their livelihoods, the busybodies in Her Majesty’s Government are hard at work looking for new ways to diminish their rights through gun control. With the UK already home
There is new evidence of problems with the implementation of the “assault weapons” ban imposed by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on May 1st. Readers will recall that under the Liberal Government’s scheme, over 1,500 firearms and devices listed in a government regulation immediately became a “prohibited” firearm or “prohibited device,” as did “any variants
Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: Anti-gun jurisdiction maintains a restrictive may-issue firearm licensing scheme. Scheme results in alleged bribes for licenses scandal. On November 23, the Santa Clara County, Calif. District Attorney announced that a grand jury had indicted a county undersheriff and sheriff’s captain for “requesting bribes for concealed firearms (CCW)
The U.S. Supreme Court has received numerous lawsuits from pro-gun rights activists since Justice Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed, the Washington Free Beacon reports. Adam Winkler, a professor at the University of California Los Angeles School of Law whose focus is in constitutional law, gun policy, and the Supreme Court, noted that “You can’t imagine
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., opposed Dr. Vivek Murthy’s previous nomination for a Cabinet role, as President-elect Joe Biden tapped him to serve in his administration on Monday. Murthy was nominated and confirmed for the role of surgeon general during the Obama administration, but in December 2014, Manchin issued a press release detailing his reasons why he
Twenty-year-old Madeline Ranalli announced her campaign in the special election for the vacant Newton City Council at-large seat in Ward 1 on Tuesday. Ranalli, who graduated from Newton North High School in 2019 and is currently a sophomore at Harvard University studying government and environmental science, is running on a platform of advocacy, she said.
President-elect Joe Biden has picked Xavier Becerra, shown here in a 2018 file photo, as his nominee for health and human services secretary. Stephen Lam/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Stephen Lam/Getty Images President-elect Joe Biden has picked Xavier Becerra, shown here in a 2018 file photo, as his nominee for health and human services
President-elect Joe Biden has picked Xavier Becerra, shown here in a 2018 file photo, as his nominee for Health and Human Services secretary. Stephen Lam/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Stephen Lam/Getty Images President-elect Joe Biden has picked Xavier Becerra, shown here in a 2018 file photo, as his nominee for Health and Human Services
Daniel “Bud” Williams was a 16-year-old high school basketball star shooting hoops outside his home in Buffalo, New York, when he was severely wounded in a drive-by shooting on Aug. 16, 2003 — a case of mistaken identity. More than 17 years later, just before Thanksgiving, he finally got the last full measure of justice,
And her campaign website bragged about an A+ rating from the National Rifle Association. “She’s going to be a conservative voice and she’s tenacious, as you would expect from someone who is elected from Wyoming,” says Senator John Barrasso, a Republican and the state’s senior senator, who serves on Senator Mitch McConnell’s leadership team. Ms.
What is this All-American family’s future? Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images No matter what they are or are not saying publicly, the members of Donald Trump’s immediate family know he’s leaving 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in January, ending (for now, at least) any further opportunity for them to participate in the mismanagement of their country.
Last week, Gov. Tom Wolf vetoed a pair of pro-Second Amendment bills that had passed both chambers of the Legislature with solid support. The move was not unexpected, given that the anti-gun Governor has been unilaterally demonstrating his disdain for freedom and liberty for months. Nevertheless, we want to thank the legislators who took a bold stand for the rights of Pennsylvanians. House Bill
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ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. While the 2020 election went more smoothly than most had dared to hope, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, a nonpartisan election protection group, nonetheless received a steady drumbeat of complaints
Gun enthusiast Donald Trump Jr. might weigh a run to take over as the head of the National Rifle Association as a way to stay involved in politics after President Donald Trump leaves the White House, according to sources. The eldest son of the president is eyeing the executive vice president of the NRA role
Russian oligarchs say they know why Democrats and Washington journalists seized on a now-debunked conspiracy theory that a secret computer server linked Donald Trump and Alfa Bank, Russia’s largest commercial lender. The Alfa narrative was one of the most infamous of the Trump-Russia conspiracy theories. How was it executed? In sum, Alfa Bank’s lawyers say
Donald Trump Jr. is reportedly being talked about to challenge National Rifle Association executive vice president Wayne LaPierre for control of the Second Amendment advocacy organization, according to Business Insider. President Donald Trump’s eldest son, who has previously been rumored as a potential Republican candidate for various offices, was name dropped by sources reported to
ATLANTA, GA – APRIL 29: National Rifle Association members look over pistols in the Smith & Wesson … [+] display at the 146th NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits on April 29, 2017 in Atlanta, Georgia. With more than 800 exhibitors, the convention is the largest annual gathering for the NRA’s more than 5 million members.
Now that his father won’t be president much longer, Donald Trump, Jr. is looking for a means to expand his base. There have been rumors he would seek a presidential run in 2024, if his father does not. But Trump, Jr. now has his eyes on someone else’s job: NRA executive vice president Wayne LaPierre’s.
Advisors to the Trumps speaking to BI said the move would be used as a way to keep Mr Trump Jr in politics after his father leaves office. Mr Trump Jr is an avid hunter and frequently appears at high-profile NRA events. The president’s son’s social media page is filled with images of
The National Rifle Association brought a lawsuit against New Jersey officials, challenging their requirement that residents must show a “justifiable need” to be approved for a permit to carry firearms in public. Joining the Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs, the Coalition of New Jersey Firearm Owners, and individual New jersey residents, the
Georgia Senate candidate Kelly Loeffler (R) responded to Democrat Raphael Warnock’s mockery of gun ownership by calling it “disgusting.” On November 30, 2020, Breitbart News reported Warnock mocked churchgoers who wanted to be able to carry guns for self-defense. He did this in 2014, as the Safe Carry Protection Act was being weighed by state lawmakers. The
Today, House Bill 796, companion bill to Senate Bill 383, was considered in the House Civil Justice Committee. While no vote was taken, this measure could receive a vote soon, and your lawmakers need to hear from you now! Please contact your State Senator and Representative and ask that they SUPPORT Senate Bill 383 /House
Georgia Democratic Senate candidate Raphael Warnock has a history of anti-gun activism dating back to at least 2013 and extending even to messages delivered at the pulpit. Warnock repeatedly mocked and opposed gun-rights legislation while declaring anti-gun measures moral imperatives during his time as the pastor of Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church. Gun-rights groups hope Warnock’s
Two of President-elect Joe Biden’s picks to lead the Department of Health and Human Services have likened gun control to a public health issue. Vivek Murthy, the 19th Surgeon General, in 2012 criticized the National Rifle Association (NRA) and tweeted that firearms are a “health care issue.” Murthy, who’s the co-chair of the former vice
Bakersfield four-location gun store Second Amendment Sports has sold to a large, Rancho Cucamonga-based chain at what has been a bumpy time for the nation’s firearm retailers. Turner’s Outdoorsman, a 49-year-old company with 29 stores, said Wednesday its purchase of Second Amendment will expand its reach into new regions and allow it to “continue to
President-elect Joe Biden‘s top picks for the Department of Health & Human Services have both declared gun violence a public health issue in the past, much to the ire of gun rights activists and the National Rifle Association. BIDEN DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF TOUTED ‘MANDATORY BUYBACKS’ OF ASSAULT WEAPONS Vivek Murthy, a former appointee to HHS under